Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has often been questioned as to why she didn't come forward last year when threats she says were made by the Lt. Governor over her Sandy Aid occurred.

If she felt her aid was in jeopardy because she didn't support a development project backed by the governor, why didn't she report it at the time, her detractors have asked.

This week, Zimmer attempted to explain her reasoning in a
letter to the Democratic leaders of the legislature. In what she says are previously unreported entries to her personal journal, Zimmer says she discussed coming forward with
the city's redevelopment attorney, but ultimately decided it was pointless.

"I have now heard it from Lt. Gov. and Com. Constable," she
says in apparent reference to the threats to her Sandy aid, which she says were
made by both Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Department of Community Affairs
Commissioner Richard Constable. "Yes –
this is illegal. I debated with Joe
Marzati whether or not to go to US Attorney – we decided that Christie has
friends throughout US Attorney's office - ..[therefore] not much chance in
getting help from them & it could create a nightmare for us. A little scary
to realize that there's nowhere to turn for help against this threat from Gov.
Christie. My best defense is to stand up
to the bully – my beloved Gov who wants to run for president."

The letter was addressed to Senate President Steve Sweeney
and Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg in the upper chamber and Assembly Speaker
Vincent Prieto and Assemblyman John Wisniewski in the lower house and contained photos of the handwritten journal entries. There is no date on the entries.

Wisniewski and Weinberg are co-chairs of the legislative
committee investigating the George Washington Bridge scandal. That committee has also taken an interest in
Zimmer's claims that she was threatened over the development project in the
city's North End. Zimmer has said that Guadagno, Constable and administration Sandy recovery czar Mark Ferzan each repeated the threat.

In the letter, Zimmer takes issue with the governor's
statement that he'd like to see a bill making it illegal for elected officials
to delay coming forward to report misconduct.

Zimmer said the law could have a "chilling effect" on
officials like her.

"A law that punishes people for not coming forward
immediately could, intentionally or otherwise, have the effect of preventing
wrongdoing from coming to light rather than promoting its disclosure," she
wrote.

Guadagno, Constable and Christie have all denied the
allegation and an investigation commissioned by the state that looked into the
charges, claimed they were completely unfounded.

"Our investigation found that Mayor Zimmer's
allegations are, in material respects, demonstrably false," the report from attorney Randy Mastro read. "They are
contradicted by contemporaneous documents, other witnesses' accounts, and her
own prior statements. In sum, the subjective perceptions she may have do not match
objective reality, as reflected in the hard evidence uncovered during our
investigation."

A spokesman for Zimmer did not return a call for comment. Weinberg said she had received the letter but had no further comment on it. A spokesman for the governor had no comment.

Reached by phone, Wisniewski said he had not yet seen the
letter and could not comment.